The
Halcyon Interactive Laserdisc System, created by RDI Video Systems, was the
first interactive laserdisc system for the home. Halcyon was also the
first and only home entertainment system that featured speech synthesis, voice
recognition, and artificial intelligence. It came with a speaking
vocabulary of over one thousand words and can learn any additional words you
chose to teach it. The system was able to call you by name and also kept
track of your progress in the games.

There were originally 6
games planned for the initial release of Halcyon, but due to the high cost of
the unit, the system never made it into full production. A handful of
promotional units were actually released, but only two of the original six game
were completed.

HALCYON FLYER

Below are the six games that planned for the
Halcyon Interactive Laserdisc System.

THAYER'S QUEST

Thayer's
Quest was one of two games released for the Halcyon
System. Since the Halcyon version of Thayer's Quest used a
double sided laserdisc, there were many more scenes shown that were not
included in the arcade release of Thayer's Quest.

NFL Football was the
second game released for the Halcyon System. This game used live
footage from a Raiders / Chargers football game. There was also another
disc that used footage from a Dallas / Redskins game.

Command a star cruiser one thousand years in the future on a journey across
the solar system. Humanity has disappeared into space, and the secret of
its destiny awaits you somewhere among the Nine Planets.

Shadow of the Stars
was one of the six games planned for release on the Halcyon system,
but unfortunately it never made it into production.